If you’re tired of hot and humid weather, there’s good news for you in this week’s Inland Empire forecast.

By Wednesday, the weather will be “noticeably cooler” — as much as 10-15 degrees below average, the National Weather Service is predicting.

On Sunday, temperatures hit 102 at the Riverside airport, 101 in Lake Elsinore and 100 in Ontario and Chino, according to the weather service. It was a bit cooler in places like Temecula (95) and Beaumont (92).

Despite some afternoon clouds across the region, the only rain that fell was in the mountains and High Desert. By 5 p.m., radar showed totals were mostly under 0.2 inches. A few storm cells were still active. Just before 6 p.m., spotty showers were reported in Riverside and Moreno Valley.

Monday’s temperatures in the Inland valleys should be in the mid- to upper 90s, and there’s about a 20 percent chance for afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Winds from the west could gust up to 25 mph.

Tuesday will be a few degrees cooler, with a return of gusty winds but no rain in the forecast — except in the mountains and deserts.

Then Wednesday through Saturday, highs will stay in the 80s or even upper 70s across the region, the weather service is predicting. Thursday is currently expected to be the coolest day. The cooldown could be accompanied by patchy fog overnight and into the early-morning hours.

Saturday was stormy in the deserts — the Palm Springs airport set a record with 1.19 inches of rain. In the Coachella Valley, crews were cleaning up mud from streets that had been underwater Saturday; most of those roads reopened Sunday.

Farther north in the Mojave Desert, Highway 247 reopened Sunday, Caltrans tweeted. Highway 62 will remain closed until Monday between Ironage Road and Highway 177, east of Twentynine Palms and along the far northeast border of Joshua Tree National Park.

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